DOWNEY The administrator of a Southern California hospice was sentenced Thursday to 30 months in prison for his role in a multimillion-dollar hospice fraud scheme, officials announced Friday. Antonio Olivera, 80, of…
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Former Choctaw Indian Official and Wife Guilty of Money Laundering
Jackson, Miss. Kevin Edwards, 48, of Walnut Grove, a former member of the Tribal Council for the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians, and his wife, Sheena A. Edwards, 45, are scheduled to…
ICE: South Texas Man Allegedly Smuggled 119 Undocumented Immigrants
LAREDO, Texas – Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Laredo office conducted an investigation leading to the indictment of a Houston man charged with conspiracy to transport undocumented immigrants. On Feb. 9, a Laredo…
Engineer Guilty of More Than $10 Million of COVID-Relief Fraud
TEXAS An engineer pleaded guilty Tuesday to filing fraudulent bank loan applications seeking more than $10 million dollars in forgivable loans guaranteed by the Small Business Administration (SBA) under the Coronavirus Aid,…
Man Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison for Illegal Sales of “Ghost Guns”
SANTA ANA, California An Orange County man was sentenced Monday to 10 years in federal prison for selling narcotics and illegally brokering the sale of firearms – including several “ghost guns,” according…
Ex-Mayor, 10 Others Charged for Alleged Wide-Spread Corruption
The former mayor of Maywood and 10 others have been charged in a 34-count complaint alleging widespread corruption that includes soliciting and receiving bribes, misappropriation of public funds and embezzlement over a…
Ex-Lawyer Sentenced to 15 Years in Prison for Multimillion-Dollar Fraud Using Forged Judges’ Signatures
LOS ANGELES A disbarred lawyer was sentenced Thursday to 15 years in federal prison for stealing more than $4 million from his clients through a variety of means, including collecting fees for…
Federal Employee Admits of Illegally Downloading Photos of Informants Later Posted On Facebook
IOWA An Iowa woman pleaded guilty Thursday for unlawfully using a former Department of Justice contractor’s government computer to access government records, officials stated. She got sensitive, non-public law enforcement information, According…
FBI: State Representative Indicted for Stem Cell Fraud, Illegal Distribution of Prescription Drugs
U.S. Attorney Tim Garrison announces a federal indictment against Patricia Derges SPRINGFIELD, Mo. – (Press Release) An elected Missouri state representative has been indicted by a federal grand jury for a fraud…
Man Caught Trying to Sell Mounted Leopard, an Endangered Species
NEW YORK A New York man pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court to selling a mounted leopard, which is an endangered species. Michael T. Merisola, 62, of Buffalo plead guilty last week…
California Fugitive Extradited to U.S. for Role in Theft of 94,000 Debit/Credit Cards from Michael’s Stores
CAMDEN, N.J. A California man who had fled to Mexico has been arrested for his role in a conspiracy to steal credit and debit cards from customers at approximately 80 Michaels’ Stores…
Alleged Key Mexican Drug Dealer Extradited from Canada Facing Narcotics Charges in U.S.
LOS ANGELES A Mexican national who allegedly coordinated shipments for an international drug trafficking organization that planned to smuggle tens of millions of dollars’ worth of cocaine from Colombia to Mexico to…